We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator... Some would say certain of these refer to the stereotypical, or 'stage' Jew. But objectively speaking, the only crime in humor is an unfunny joke.
I was smiling yesterday, I am smiling today and I will smile tomorrow. Simply because life is too short to cry for anything.
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Santosh Kalwar
Fuck it... That's really the attitude that keeps a family together, it's not "we love each other", it's just "fuck it, man.
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Louis C.K.
Investigation?" Isabelle laughed. "Now we're detectives? Maybe we should all have code names."" Good idea, " said Jace. "I shall be Baron Hotschaft Von Hugenstein.
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Cassandra Clare
It's hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole life feels like one.
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Rick Riordan
Is this Clarissa Fray?" The voice on the other end of the phone sounded familiar, though not immediately identifiable. Clary twirled the phone cord nervously around her finger. "Yeees?""Hi, I'm one of the knife-carrying hooligans you met last night in Pandemonium? I"m afraid I made...
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Cassandra Clare
More Quotes By Alan King
If you want to read about love and marriage you've got to buy two separate books.
We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator... Some would say certain of these refer to the stereotypical, or 'stage' Jew. But objectively speaking, the only crime in humor is an unfunny joke.
If you stop and think about it, nearly all great humor is at the expense of someone or something.
And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody? You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
There's a charm, there's a rhythm, there's a soul to Jewish humor. When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, 'You're doing a Jewish act.'
